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As much as I love my slow cooker I am reluctant to cook chicken breasts in it. One reason is that I have read the long slow cooking tend to produce dry chicken. Why would we want that? The other reason is that I can make moist, tender chicken breasts in 30 – 40 minutes in a skillet. Why would I mess with that? Skillet Chicken Tarragon Total time: 35 …Continue reading →

This may not seem like a spring recipe, but it is, at least in our house. It’s still cool enough to convince mon mari that we can cook inside and I have to wait for the tarragon to come up. It needs lots of fresh tarragon. This is a classic French dish made with the DOC chickens from Brest. There are two kinds of chickens in France: the generic, no-name …Continue reading →

My herbs have been doing very well all summer – they all seem to thrive in the cooler weather. Everyone is always singing the praises of cilantro and basil…. I’m rather fond of tarragon and lemon thyme as well. There are a lot of wonderful herbs out there people – expand your palates. Use a grill pan or basket for the scallops for easier handling and be careful not to …Continue reading →

Remember when we went to get our puppy and came home with two puppies? Remember that it was mon mari who decided that we should have two puppies? Remember how I just went along with it? What the hell was I thinking!?!?!? I should have taken the opportunity to get a signed document… kind of a 'puppy prenup', outlining his duties in the rearing of the little darlings. I, foolishly, …Continue reading →

Mon mari has turned his attention to the details…. The little things that, in his opinion need to be done. Like building a half wall on the landing to prevent people from walking into the stairwell in the middle of the night. Well, he started it anyway… He’s also doing a few things that, in my opinion, need to be done. Like putting rods up in the closet – well, …Continue reading →

Herbs and spices. They define cuisines, make meals memorable and take dishes from the boring to the sublime. Most of us know to put oregano on pizza, basil on tomatoes and chives in scrambled eggs. Many of us would like to be more adventuresome, more daring, more creative…. But are a little uncertain what works well together. We have all of these little jars, bags and pouches….. Time to put …Continue reading →